A randomised controlled trial of a community-based healthy lifestyle program for overweight and obese adolescents: The Loozit® study protocol

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Shrewsbury, Vanessa A ^a   O'Connor, Janice ^a   Steinbeck, Katharine S ^b   Stevenson, Kate ^a   Lee, Anthea ^a   Hill, Andrew J ^c   Kohn, Michael R ^d   Shah, Smita ^e   Torvaldsen, Siranda ^f   Baur, Louise A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^e SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; E-MAIL; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION SERVICE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL; SITTING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WEIGHT CONTROL; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COUNSELING; DIET; EDUCATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; LIFESTYLE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY MASS INDEX; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; COUNSELING; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEW SOUTH WALES; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PARENTS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 66649133362     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-119     Document Type: Article

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